The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-22
Farm and Stock Notes.

TO dig up fruit tree. by cutting q circle,
with spade, half foot in diameter, cuts
off more than nine tenths of the roots; and
to spade little circle about young tree
not one-quarter as far as the roots extend
and call it cultivation is like Fallstatf S men
claiming spurs and shirt collars for COM
plete suit.
Eggs should never be placed near lard,
fruit, cheese fish or other articles from
which any odor arises The eggs are ex-
tremely active in absorbing power, and in
very short time they are contaminated by
the particles of objects in their neighbor-
hood by which the peculiar and exquisite
taste of new laid egg is destroyed.
Never let young turkeys out in the morn
ing until the dew dries off the grass. Don't
feed them in the morning but at night, as
this will bring them home to roost Feed
them properly, examine them carefully for
mites, etc, and keep watchful eye on them
generally and you will have profitable lot
of fat turkeys for the Thanksgiving Day"
market.
All kinds of honey plants are not favora-
BILE to all locations; the Eastwood will not
grow where it is wet and marshy. In such
places willow, golden-rod and Spanish nee
dies grow abundantly, and in such localities
bees may have very little surplus in the
early part of the season. while in autumn
they will have every cell filled with the
most delicious honey.
The expensive tools necessary to success
full farming soon wear out unless well taken
care of. A little care in housing tools when
not in use will result in many dollars saved.
During the season of use, when housing is
hardly practicable, whenever work ceases
for day, a canvas cover to throw over a
self binder or thrashing machine will pay
for its cost many times over.
An exchange remarks that poor, neg
lected flock can be brought up by proper
care and feed, and made to improve from
year to year, but great care must be exer-
cised in the selection of rams. In breeding
it is not necessary, but it is much better
than selecting poor, scrawny, ill-bred ram
from another strain. A long-legge~ long
necked, thin-wooled buck is dear property
at any price.
In raising ducks mix corn meal and bran,
equal parts, and make into a mush and feed
this in milk If milk is not to be had put
some ground meat or cracklings in the mush.
Clear, raw corn meal mixed with water is
not fit feed for ducklings. Until past the
downy stage they should have no water to
swim in. Give them all they want to drink.
Put gravel and sand in the bottom of the
water vessel.
1t may seem a small matter TO mention
but eggs will sell better in almost any mar
ket if those of the same color are placed
together. Those who breed but one variety
have no trouble in this particular; but where
one keeps a variety of breeds it is well to
put the dark eggs In one basket, the light in
another, and perhaps those of a medium
shade in still another Some prefer light
eggs and some dark ones. and as long as
purchasers have preference, producers do
well to furnish what is wanted
Prof. E. w. Hilgard says that fruit sub
jected to sulphur fumes in the process of
evaporation is unfit for human food" That
means NEST of the gilt-edged, brag dried
peaches and dried apples in market. So
long as the public viii give higher price
for pleasing the eye than for honest, health
full and substantial considerations, just so
long will sulphured dried fruit and sugars,
and painted and doctored grease called oleo-
margarine, butterine, etc, be furnished at
paying prices, while more honest and better
articles are not wanted or sell at reduced
prices.
If the old fowl are disposed of early. or
are separated from the chickens, the latter
will grow much faster. Now is the time to
begin to give the chickens plenty of good
corn. If they are allowed to run at large
they will find an abundant supply of insects
and will not eat corn enough to do them any
damage. If they must be kept confined fur
nish them variety of food Grass, weeds,
cabbage leaves and similar material should
be thrown them every day, with supply of
oyster shells constantly within their reach,
and frequent changes from soft food to hard
grain-giving the latter usually at night. IL
there is a hen-house which will be warm in
winter, and which can be divided into suffi-
Gent compartments, it may be profitable to
hatch out second crop OF chickens in Au.
gust and September, which can be brought
along so as to begin laying in March or
April. But if they must be kept in the
same room with the spring chick
ems and the old fowl, it will scarcely pay to
raise them, as they will be so kept under by
the larger fowl that they will make but lit
tie growth in the winter, and will scarcely
lay before May.